For taking on seasoned politicians like three-time Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and other BJP leaders, Kejriwal and his party tried different strategies like going on 15-day long hunger strike on the issue of power tariff in May. (BCCL)

To inject some drama, the anti-corruption crusader even filed his papers on November 16, on the last date of filing of nominations, after Dikshit filed her nomination, just to ensure a straight fight with her. (BCCL)

Arvind Kejriwal extended his full support to Anna Hazare's 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, which was a series of demonstrations and protests across India intended to establish strong legislation and enforcement against perceived endemic political corruption. The movement was named among the "Top 10 News Stories of 2011" by Time magazine. (BCCL)

Even selection of party symbol "broom" was part of their plans to strike a chord with the balmiki community, who mostly work as safai karamcharis in the three BJP-led municipal corporations, which used to be perceived as a traditional Congress vote bank. (BCCL)

Among the other firsts, he and his party decided to come up with 70 assembly-based manifestos and a common one for Delhi, which was followed by the BJP but it failed to bring out more than one or two. (BCCL)